Complimentary access to the JTO and a 15% discount on the publication fees for the newest open-access IASLC journal, JTO CRR. Both JTO and JTO CRR feature novel research about the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of all thoracic malignancies. JTO is among the top 5% of all oncology journals and the leading journal that is entirely focused on thoracic oncology.

JTO and JTO CRR feature novel research about the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of all thoracic malignancies. With an Impact Factor of 20.4, JTO is among the top 5% of all oncology journals and the leading journal that is entirely focused on thoracic oncology. It emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach and includes original research, reviews and opinion pieces. JTO CRR, IASLC’s open access companion title, publishes a range of manuscripts from subset analyses of published trials to high-quality case reports. JTO CRR is indexed in PubMed Central.


JTO CRR Editor-in-Chief
Emily Stone, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Dr. Emily Stone will officially take the reins as the Editor-in-Chief of JTO Clinical and Research Reports (JTO CRR) on January 9, 2023, as Dr. Alex Adjei steps down from the role and continues his role as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO). Dr. Stone is a consultant respiratory physician and Head of Thoracic Medicine within the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Lung Transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney. She is the founding and immediate past Chair of the St Vincent’s Hospital Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Team and the Deputy Board Chair of the Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia. She has been an Associate Editor for both the JTO and JTO CRR since 2016 and 2020, respectively. She also served as the Chair of the IASLC Tobacco Control Committee from 2018 to 2019. Her chief clinical and research interests are in the fields of lung cancer screening, multidisciplinary team care, and tobacco control.

We are excited for the next chapter under Dr. Stone's editorial leadership and strategic stewardship of JTO CRR. The editorial teams of JTO and JTO CRR are committed to continuing to join forces towards research excellence, impacting clinical practice and global readership. We want to express our utmost appreciation to Dr. Adjei for his leadership and vision in paving the way for JTO CRR. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Stone to the JTO CRR family.
Most-Cited Journal of Thoracic Oncology Articles in 2022
Liquid Biopsy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Consensus Statement from The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
Atezolizumab in Combination With Carboplatin and Nab-Paclitaxel in Advanced Squamous NSCLC (IMpower131): Results From a Randomized Phase III Trial
Atezolizumab Plus Chemotherapy for First-Line Treatment of Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Results From the Randomized Phase III IMpower132 Trial
Efficacy and safety of sintilimab plus pemetrexed and platinum as first-line treatment for locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer: a randomized, double-blind, phase 3 study (ORIENT-11)
A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Squamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Protocol-Specified Final Analysis of KEYNOTE-407
Brief report: Four-year survival with durvalumab after chemoradiotherapy in Stage III NSCLC – an update from the PACIFIC trial
Research article: Three-year Follow-up of Neoadjuvant PD-1 inhibitor (Sintilimab) in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
IMpower150 final overall survival analyses for atezolizumab plus bevacizumab and chemotherapy in first-line metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer
JTO by the Numbers
Recent journal articles
A Shift in Paradigm: Selective Lymph Node Dissection for Minimizing Oversurgery in Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Brief Report: Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Lung Cancers that Inhibit MATE-1 can Lead to "False” Decreases in Renal Function
Avelumab vs platinum-based doublet chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with high-expression PD-L1+ metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: primary analysis from the phase 3 JAVELIN Lung 100 trial
Reconsidering the cutoff value for sensitive and refractory relapses in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer in the era of immunotherapy
Does multidisciplinary team management improve clinical outcomes in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer? A systematic review with meta-analysis
Predictive impact of diffuse positivity for thyroid transcription factor 1 expression in patients treated with platinum-doublet chemotherapy plus immune checkpoint inhibitors for advanced nonsquamous nonsmall-cell lung cancer
Genomic staging of multifocal lung squamous cell carcinomas is independent of the comprehensive morphologic assessment
Genetic intra-tumour heterogeneity remodels the immune microenvironment and induces immune evasion in brain metastasis of lung cancer
Discover the JTO
More than 80 international experts compose the JTO Editorial Board, allowing for a quick turn-around time of 1 week to initial decision, and an average of 1.6 weeks for revisions, a fast track category, publish on acceptance (within 5 days), and promotion of select articles via social media and press releases.
JTO emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach and includes original research (clinical trials and translational or basic research), reviews, and opinion pieces. Authors can take advantage of Elsevier's Researcher Academy, Navigate your research journey with Researcher Academy—free e-learning modules on navigating your career developed by global experts.
JTO reviewers are given the privilege of getting the first look at novel research, phase III data, and potentially practice-changing concepts. Email your CV to journals@iaslc.org.